Love your set up. I just hosted my first cash game of holdem in 15 years. Had a blast. Bought some Monte Carlo chips and I love them. So now I’m hooked on chips which is why I am here
Thank you! That's awesome - I hope you had fun! I got bit by the bug in much the same fashion recently. And joined for the same reason.
I'm hoping after lockdowns are relaxed that poker makes a comeback in a big way... it's a great excuse to connect and sit with people. Something we all need more of after all this.
Congratulations on everything. I mean that.
Thank you - that truly means a lot. It's been a real uphill battle... a lot of people don't see the struggle, they just see the end-result and think "lucky bastard" or something like that. I was broke for the first 5 years because it all went right back into equipment or licensing. The next 4 years after that, I was dumping everything (time and money both) into
better equipment, licensing, business education, marketing education, partnership licensing for various technology platforms and more. Then last year finally I started paying myself like $20k/year and this year I upped it to an average salary finally @ $54k. From this point... we build clients, build team members, and hopefully I can build a full-fledged business-owner salary and afford to support more than just my family and community, then build a solid bankroll to get back into my newly rediscovered old Hold 'Em hobby.
Most people don't know what it's like to have to build a quarter million in revenue from scratch only to pay yourself ~$24/hr.
Congrats on your agency (and chips)! Your studio looks awesome. I hope you will be able to fill that space quickly.
I'm also in a related space and work with a lot of tech incubators / bootcamps. If you ever need talent, I can help you make some connections.
Thank you!! I'll make another photo-gallery thread of the studio at some point - it's a huge source of pride for me, having built this with no support, (almost) no debt and with a really solid code of ethics and values. I can use all the talent and introductions I can get!